Question

After learning that her two best friends had lost their jobs, Mariah began to grossly overestimate the national unemployment rate. Mariah's reaction best illustrates the consequences of________________.

Answer 1

Answer:

The anwer is the availability heuristic.

Explanation:

The availability heuristic is a thinking bias that occurs when a person reccurs to immediately aviable, usually recent information to back up his thoughts or beliefs.

In the example, Mariah is assuming that her two best friends' situation can be applied for a larger population, simply because that's the available information for her.